X-Files: Junior Books in Order

X-Files: Junior contains 11 books, published between 1995 and 1997. The first book is X Marks the Spot (1995) and the newest is Ghost in the Machine (1997). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1995–1997
Pages on record
299 in 3 of 11 books

X-Files: Junior is a children's science fiction series of 11 books published between 1995 and 1997. Subject headings name the fictional characters Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, along with aliens and horror tales. X Marks the Spot (1995) is the first title; Darkness Falls (1995), Tiger, Tiger (1995), Squeeze (1996), Humbug (1996) and E.B.E. (1996) follow. Ghost in the Machine (1997) is the newest title, and the series is marked as likely complete.

How many X-Files: Junior books are there?

X-Files: Junior has 11 books, released between 1995 and 1997.

X-Files: Junior Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 X-Files: Junior books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    X Marks the Spot1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995
  2. 2
    Darkness Falls1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995
  3. 3
    Tiger, Tiger1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995
  4. 4
    Squeeze1996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996
  5. 5
    Humbug1996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996
  6. 6
    Shapes1996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996
  7. 7
    Fear1996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996
  8. 8
    Voltage1996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996
  9. 9
    E.B.E.1996 · 100 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996100
  10. 10
    Die, Bug, Die!1996 · 102 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996102
  11. 11
    Ghost in the Machine1997 · 97 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199797

Do you have to read X-Files: Junior books in order?

You should read the X-Files: Junior books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each X-Files: Junior book also stands alone.

Where to start with X-Files: Junior

Start with X Marks the Spot (1995), the earliest published title.

What is the newest X-Files: Junior book?

Ghost in the Machine (1997) is the newest X-Files: Junior book released so far.

Is there a new X-Files: Junior book coming?

No next X-Files: Junior book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

X-Files: Junior at a glance

No recent titles
The newest X-Files: Junior title on record dates from 1997, 29 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
X-Files: Junior books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
299 pages across the 3 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 100 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most X-Files: Junior books, 11 of 11, were published in the 1990s.
Attribution
Of the 11 titles, 6 are credited to Les Martin and 1 to Ellen Steiber. 4 titles carry no credit.

What the X-Files: Junior books are about

4 of the 11 X-Files: Junior books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Children's fiction 2 of 4 books
  • Dana Scully (Fictitious character) 2 of 4 books
  • Fox Mulder (Fictitious character) 2 of 4 books
  • Mulder, fox (fictitious character) 2 of 4 books
  • Science fiction 2 of 4 books
  • Aliens 1 of 4 books
  • Cockroaches 1 of 4 books
  • Computer software 1 of 4 books
  • Computers 1 of 4 books
  • Cyberspace 1 of 4 books
  • Fantasy 1 of 4 books
  • Form perception, juvenile literature 1 of 4 books

Characters in the X-Files: Junior books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.